Tanzanian government support French court’s decision to dismiss landmark case – SABC News [Video]

The Tanzanian government has described as “encouraging” a French court’s decision to dismiss a landmark case against the energy giant TotalEnergies, which is involved in the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project (Eacop).

The court recently dismissed the case filed by six Non-Governmental Organizations, which sought to suspend the project in Tanzania and Uganda.

A statement by Tanzania’s energy ministry says the verdict has “removed a dark cloud over the project’s implementation.”

Filed in France by four Ugandan and two French NGOs, the suit accused TotalEnergies of taking land from more than 100 000 people without adequately compensating them.

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